The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 16, 1900, Page 6, Image 6

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6 &l)e iUatning ]jseto& • mine Hn.iiiinc **•* (#fi *>UA\, UK4 KMHCH 1(1. ll**hi it (ii• f'oftoffici ti; jm ih IMS IIUHMM. ftI.WS 1- (HI li-hIJ • very da> in me >ar. and aer.sd to • obecrlbera Ml tb# city, I • . m .0 cents i m x i U> f r alx n ith*. li>U stoo lof oi<# )t<(. lIIK news, ry mil. six *;riMm a >ek {mil o.t Us if), three months, $. >•. #u moot La, SXX>. on yesr St *jo THK WELKLI >KW two bu*s i nets (Monday a.i.<S Ihu S'*•>) by mat, the >e*r. S JO. Bu ascription* pliable In ad vane# R* m.t by money order, che- k or rtflsi red Utter. Curren y sent by nAli it rlu of sender Transient ncivertUements. other then apetiai column, local or reading n Ucts amusements and cheap or an I colons*-. 10 c.t a line Fourteen llr.ee of tjpo—tqoai to ore in h in depth—4* atand rd of measurement C>oirftC rs’aa arid discounts mvle known on app icutlon a* busii.e s ofll e Order# for delivery of the Mom n*; News to either reeldenee or piece o! buslr.esa can be made by m II or y tele iroi.e No tlO. Any irregular!* in deliv ery *nou!d be immoiliately repo tod Letter# a: and teierame e •- and be ad dressed "UOHMM, Htws. he a< nah Oa. kastriui opr ice, n r.rk h *. New Tork city. 11. C. Puuikner, Manager 24 PACES. luti h in ukuiisubis. Meeting-. South P'J Admtnlatratlor Club. Special Notice#— Wa- I. . Palnti and Houi. Painting. Savan nah Building Supply Company; VetUacn at Joyce'*. The Msnonlo Trmp.e Phar macy; W# Ar* Dvetn* Now. New York A.eam Dye Works. Sevannali Steam Dyt Worka; Toe Worka, llardir A Marshall, height'* Pharmacy Open A.I Nignt. l< ><n*a Noll c* —Cordial*. Ihe 8 W Branch Company; (Thrtairaa* Silverware Hunter A Van iveuren. Jeweler*; We In vite Critical Examination of Our Stock. Thru* Bros.; laxwllntt Hkycltn. etc., it V. Conn*rat. Franklin Cignra. Sure Gift* of Warmth and Cheer, Gaa 11. a ter*—The Mutual Oa* Eight Com pany Cbrlatmaa Attraction*— Adler He Don’t Care How He W, r ■ Out Shoes—Byck Bro*. Auction Sale#— Lota at the Grow In* Town* of Coffins, Ox, by C. 11. Doreett, Auotlonewr; Elegant Fprlglvt Plano, by C. H. Doreett, Auctioneer. Platform Scales. Music Box. Etc., by C. II Dorwett. Auctioneer; Plante*, Organ*. Etc., by Sa vannah Auction and Commla*loo Cos. Juvenility Ig't loose on Wheel*— At Bryaon’a. Holiday Preset!' * At Eckstein'#. Ona Week Pr c Ically Cover* !he Chrlat m u Purehoslt : .o*l—ll. H. levy A Bro The Chrtslma Store of Savannah— Foye A Ecketeln'a. The Best Christinas Present*—At M Dryfus BU>re Open Evening* From Now Till CbflsUDa*—'Gutman*. Holiday fluggeatione—At Hogan's Special for the Holiday*—Walsh A Mi * er. Holiday Olft-At Weafa. Railroad*—Sunset Rou e. Brutharn Pe eiftc Company. Weather Strip# to Keep Out the Cold— Edward Eovrll ( Son# Amuaemauta —The Great It hod* - Royal Show*. Dec. 17-I*. Hanraaay E* Roy la tn "Other People* Money*'; Royal Music Hall. Enundry—E. A W. Eaundry; Savannah Sieurn Eaundry. The Compliment* of the Baoaon—Bs vannsh Carriage A Wagon Company Don't Overlook the Fact —Ota* Marks Calls for Fix l'p* in Bicycle*—Daniel A. HoMgnd. For Useful Chrkstmas Gift*—l .so Frank. Senw.ble Holiday Gifts—At Globe Shoe •tore Holiday Good# Very Reasonably Prtced- At the Bee lllve. Appropriate Otfta-Th# Metropolitan Clothing Company. Ce Judgment tn Purchasing Christmas l'resant*—Wm. A H. H. Eattlmor*. We Fit and Guarantee Kid Glove*—J E. Morrison. Financial—Jacob Rerry A Cos.. New York; F. A Roger* A Cos.. New York. Orange*—A. Ehrlich & Bro. l ooking Oil—Wesson's Odorless Cooking Oil. Reef—Lteblg'a Extract of Beef. Medical— McElree'a Wine of Cardul; Hood* Sarsaparilla; R. R. R.: B. B. B ; lr. Hathaa-ay Company; Cuttcura Rem edies; *7T" for Cokl* Cheap Column Advertl#em*nta—Help Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent; For Sale; Lnai; Pertcmal; Mlacellaneou*. The Weather. The Indications for Georgia to-day are lor fair and warmer weather, fresh north easterly winds; and for Eastern Florida, fair weather, Ugbt to fresh northeasterly winds. Rumors are afloat In Eondon and other European capital* to the effect that no got toe lon* are afoot to bring about an In terview between Mr. Kruger and Lord Salisbury. Should the effort* prove ef fective, some understanding with respect to South Afrl.w might be arrived al. with the result of bringing the hostilities In that country to an end A meeting be tween those two aged and weighty states men would be a subject worthy of he beat painter'* brush .-a . ... Mr. Clark, of Retford county. Tenn**- *••#. dlcu**ing th* value of % mules before the farmers' Institute of that state the other day. .-bowed the protMs of mule raising In anew light. He said that good, round mule* were worth 10 to 15 dents per pound, whereas hogs and caul* would tiling no more than a third to a half that f.gure, on the hoof. Four-year-old Ten b-aaee mules are now selling for shout (MS each. Till*, of course. Is for high grade, desirable stock. Why do we not pay more attention to mules In Georgia" Can we not raise as good mules lu this aiait as they own lu Tennesteel PAMAOC or THE iI.HL H LI. I HI.EII. Ti *re appear* to he quite a * rong *egi n I i 111 Was hit gum In favor of passing II Hepburn MU, which provide* for i.i.r the Nkatagua etna., even - th* 11a)-Paur.. *(•<# u**:y should uefcated ar.d the Claytun-liulwer *f> remained in lore* thna.ur CuD berron of Texas In a speech on Fri Lay. urged the paasage of tne bill, regardless of the Hay-l'auncefoie treaty or am other treaty. It may he that he take* lh< -ame view of trestle* which la taken by those public men and i sipapcri sou urgo th* ratihcaiiun of tlTt Hay-Paul.- ;<•- fole tieaiy on the g,ound ;htt it wou.4 be an easy mauer to break U. U et eny time our interests required that It should be broken If the cottre* edvtsed by Sknator Cul berson mould hr adopted it would amount to ar. announcement that the Ln ted States do not in end to ;** bound by til* Claytm.-iiu.wer treaty, wn.cn contain* an agreement that neither the t'ntt and hit* -< i..,r Great Britain all. alone un ui dcr k- to bull or control an lst:.inl*n tn. if the United H.ais* sh u.d dl*r*e iui that Pul) other n&tlor.a wi-uid be ii i i* no regard lor it* treaty obligati n *, and mat. therefore, it would be a wa .** of (;m- to make tr-alles with it T* 1 lilted biuics could not afford to do any idng that wou.d give them such a repu taiion ai mat Too Hep* urn bill will not be pa->e*d by m,e Senate as |.,n* aa the C.art n-Bu.wer tieaty. In Its prwrnt aha;*e. re mu na n -I - ' -I ,a l-,r thtnking It will not Aid when a modi fUation of Ural treaty wit] oe scvu.ed, If ever, no on* can pi oh t with any degree of certainty The tons ot the EnfUrh liapefa la that Gr--ai Brlta.n will rot agree lo any greater modlffcationa oi that } trial) than are coutalhvd in the llay- | Pauiwefote treaty, though It I* not Ira- ' proikibl* that they are not well Informed atut the matter To whal extent the great railroad In toreata are responsible for the present < anal romthlealtons It U Impi-ss h.e o say The suggestion lia* been thrown out that their agents have not beer Idle— that, in fact, tney have aimed lo brli g about the rundltlon of affairs mat at prerert! Mocks anal legtalatlon. Th*y have made a thorough study of the whole question, and doubtless have seen phase* of il not apparent to the great ma jority of the senators until tho coiisl-l r aiion of the lla>-i'auncefote treat) be gan. II would not be iturprkhnit If It should be lal* In the next Congress be fore the way (or building tn* Nicaragua canal was completely cleared. sm I 111. I.F.nm. % I I RE'S HE* out) There are some aW* men In the Eegla- ! laiure, and no doubt all of It* member* are anxious to bo of service to the seat*, but the record It made In It# first ses sion I* nos one that Justifies the people j Iti expectlffg a great deal from It. Be yond Ih* appropr.atmo bill an-l ihe gen eral tax bill (here war no legislation of * general nature of any rom*e<)ucnce. It I *s true, of course, that the dog -tax law was repealed. That was one of the very first bills that was parsed, but will the state be benefited by Its repeal? It was nacted by the lust Eeglrlatiire after the question of Ibe need of such a law had been agitated for many year*. It suld that with a strictly enforced law agw’nxt worthies? dog* the sheep Indus try would revive. Sufficient lime for it to revive w.is not permitted. The dog own ers proved th* ms Ives to be mure Infill. n tial than Ihe sheep raisers. We are sure that thoae who are trying lo build up the j stain by encouraging ihe raising of ah*ep ! and other stock would be glad If llie ad vocates of the repeal of the dog-tax law would explain why they think the raising of dogs Is of more tw-nefli to th# state than lh<- ra s.ng of sheep. The E-gslature *1 and not begin rigid. It did not gel lo work promptly, and d'd not Immediately show that spirit of earnest news wb eh Justified Ihe people tn expect ing great things of It. ln Ihe first days of the session there were Jimkotlog trip* here nnd there, and. lut*r on, a filibust ering minority blocked legislation And rher# seem* lo bnve been a good deal of absenteeism. Member* who go home every few day* are not In a position lo know much about what I# bsfore the Eeg stature. The question of biennial sessions does rm seem to hsve renewed much. If any, consideration. And yet the aesston Just concluded furnishes conclusive evidence that If there were but one session every two years, and the session was limited to forty or fifty days, more legislation of the kind that is really needed would be accomplished than there Is at present. Knowing the lime was limited the mem bers would begin work promptly and would prosecute It earnestly from ths first day of the session until the last. Th# pisaage at the next session of Hie bien nial session* bill would be somo compen -atton for the -eT>o*l of Ihe dog-tax law. Ft, ItKMOST Alh MINDER MOST CIT IKH. Two vaar# ago Congress. act. direct ed the Commissioner of Eabor to make an Investigation Into Ihe st’tlstics of Ihe cities of the United St'sbs havlr.g over Moon p* pulatlon. A re ent number of the bulletin of the Department of Eatvrr con tnlned the retails of this Inquiry. The Independent of New Yotk. taking the Al ia of the bulletin as the basis of Its cal culitlosi!*. complins som*- Interesting tables and draws some conclusions that will attract attention and discussion II lias endeavored to select the five foremost and the five hlr.dermost elites In the United S des, of the population named, with respect lo certain essential particu lars, namely; I’opuDllon. area, age, drib rate death r.i'e. liquor buslnea j*er -cnt igc of arrests for cr'me, assessed valuation of properly, total lax rale per capita of real and personal property, total tax rate per fl.ooo, expenditure per capita for department of Juatlce and co lecttan. and exper.dUur* per capita for school*. Whether Ihe dat-i ef the Bureau of Ea bor and the conclusion- of Ihe In icpent ent are exact or not the e Is no means of knowing Condition* differ In each city from those In about all of ihe other cities, hence a h ird-and-fost rule for computing their relative standing towards each o'her M out of the question. In one place, for Instance, a large number of a nests mly mean an extraordinary mount of rime, or M may mean exceptional activi ty nnd vigilance on the pari of the au ihorttle* to detect crime and apprehend law-breakers. But lo summarise briefly the aallent THE MOKN NO NEWS: SUNDAY DECEMBER 10, IftOO. feature- of tn# Independent's conclusions, which w ;.l be found read*'-* New York Is easily lb* first elty In the United ,H<s - having be *rg t popu ntlon, tree ■* -i total of a **<-bi property. 1 *l.4* to wnli-i It I* the elder chars :e ,-d It) Boetcn. however. Is the rich *,t .it), th* pei rr.st of real and per - na] prapsf*y in ti.at cfgy iwing ii.mjia. Jo.let H. . (s me t>ouveet cl y of aoov* population (Which figu c of fiopuij • ion ho us good throug o n the tables). ■hr per * a;4ia of res. and pe.e nal prop *rty being ll(fi > M et p# sons (losslMy tntagirie that B- rion erands al the head f he list In rer.a- t lo pu I sch >ols, but rbet u not true, mat honor goes out West, to Butte, Moot., where th* *xpen oliure |*er capita U 15 © Char eel n Is credited with standing at th# foot of the < h*s* in Hill matter, the (>*; capita lor t'-hoois bc.ng U cent*, dome lim- ago a New York podco tnag -irate complied a tarde which showed r.at Norfolk, Vs., was the wickedest ity In th# oountry. with Bavannali u ..ore second. The figures of th* Bureau of Eabor make a different shoaving Hi ’ greatest number of arrests per I,<M> ot i-opuiauun, a-or din* to this aulaorttv was in B.rmii.goam. .'U. wl h Allan's next. HI, while in* hast number of ar rest* was in Eexlngloit, K> Atlanta stands first In Ihe numotr of licensed •a<oons lo 1 .*>) of population, *., to.low I iorely by the four Maiwachuaeici cutes of Taunion. Brockton, Holyoke ar.d Eynn Th# total lax rate is the lowest In Wheel ing. \V Va . the rate being fU*.4O. and highest In Joliet, 111., where It Is 1$; per II .(Mr. In th* matter of vMal statistic*, one stand* Hi# best chance of getting mar ried In Mobile, Ala where the isle s or.* per 1.0(0. and the least chance ;i, Scranton, Pa., where the rate Is 2.7, After the wedding If one dtstirea a iaig family (he residence shoual be taken up in Fall River. Mas*., where the hirt.i rate Is 35.7* per l.tMj If on the otne* hand uie coup.e should not be fond *>f children they should go to St Josepn Mo . where the birth rate Is 599 Should th# union prove happy and Its extension over a long period be desired. Beattie would seem from th* statistics to be tn* place to attract atlsntlon The dea;h rare there a* 7 U per I.tSX) Hut should ih* union prove Irksome, with no grounds for divorce, then Charleston Is the place rote MHi per l ow. Whether these ron luslons are of any value Is a question. Wc .|.i ibt If they are. Ar we -aid fore, there are so many differing drtall* •> be taken kuo consideration with re spec! to the various ctt.ee that It Is lm ■possible to fix a rule that will fit them ill kk'llll 11*1 A UHRIkTIANf Queer stories continually 'come up like thunder out of China Vroet rhe bay." One of the latest of Hies* reaches civili sation by way of Berlin, the German capfinl. and la to the effect that 'ic Chi nese Km|>eror, Kwang Hsu. ha* actually be.-ome a Christian; which account* for the bitter haired of the le wug.-r Empress againal him. The Inf--rni t<lon was given out by Dr Htoeiker, formerly Ger man court chajikiln, ho *wys ho received It by letter from tlie Chinese capital The writer of the leater to l)r. Atoecker Is sup loe'd to have been Count von Waldersec, with whom (he preacher Is on terms ot . lose Intimacy. What special means of ascertaining the ini|s*risnt fact of Kwang Hsu's conver -ion to Christian.ty may be possessed by ' ount von V. i.d. r*e Is not known. Ho has not I .ecu within gunshot of ths Im perial h*n<-holct since his arrival In China. The Lknperor, Dowager Empress and otn. .al* of the court left I’vkln long la-fore the armies of the allies arrived there, and no direct communication has been b*.|.l with them by the Euroi*ean# yet. Sllll, It may be. as Improbable as It seems, that there |* some basts for Ih# story. It Is known of Kwang Hsu that he Is a well-lnloi mcd. studious and pro grossly* young man 111* clash with Hie Dowager Empress a year or so which resulted In his "Inviting” her to accept the reins of government for a time, came about through Ms desire to Institute reforms In Ihe government. At the time It was reported that hi* policy was lo be more liberal towards foreigners, and to adopt certain European manners and custom*, which appeared to him to he an Improvement upon those of hut own country. This pro-foreign sentiment was atrongly objected to by the Dotraget Empress, who took motters Into her own hand* and sent the young Emperor tmo retirement. There were stories chat sho had poisoned him, or caused him to be murdered. No missionaries have ever penetrated Into the royal palace, but, according to the Berlin story, their books have rtow so. Being a scholar. Kwang Hsu got hold of those hooks and eagerly devoured and digested their contents. What they tnugia look a poweiful hold upon him. the re port says, so that h* finally came to be lieve In the Christian religion, and do what he could to favor and advance ih* teachers of It. Unfortunately. Kko Hi* most of Chinese uorles. this on* about the Emperor having become Christian - must be accepted with reservation*. It Is not impossible, of course, hut highly lm piobatde. In all likelihood Kwang Hsu ts sllll a devout Ccnfuetan, and only favored Ihe foreigner* beeausa he wa* afraid to do otherwise. DIG IIIHTI M'A OVEHE*TIMATED. It Is almost always Ihe case that hi* fortune* are overestimated. Tne mother ! ot Admiral Dewey's wife died In Wash | maloti a <1 uy or two ago, and It w r* im -1 mediately published that her fortune was as much a* 110.000.0 W. It I* alated on 1 whal seem a to be good authority that It ; will turn out to he less than U.W0.000. When Cornelius Vanderbilt died th# i knowing one# placed hi* fortune at l!2.'v ! oofi.tM). Very fexv thought it possible that It could be below JIW.OJO.OOO. Senator Depew. who was Informed about the mat ter. said that It would not prove to be more than 170.000.000 when the Inventory was taken. anJ he wa* right. I; seems that Mr. Vanderbilt's Income from hi* great fortune was lees than $2,- No doubt most piople who hot ti ered themselves about the matter thought :hst It could no; be lee# than K. 000.000. It I* a difficult mailer nowadays, how ever, to get safe securities which pay •ver 5‘4 per rent. Mr. Vanderbilt'* did not yield quite that much. If he paid taxes on the cash value of his holdings, at Hie tate which prevail# In New York City, he had only a fsw hundred thousand dollar* a year. to snow for all of hla mtUlotM. 80, Uts very rich are not ao rich a* th* worst hlnk* they ar- And they art not *o hap; ) nr woe th* worry connected with keeping their wealth so great that they hsve very Uttl* time K. which to really enjoy life. Five year* *go Miss E..*aDetb Flagler, daughter of G#. D W Flagler. -F.lef of the ordnance department of thr army, shot and killed a negio boy who was rub bing and breaking her (ether s poor trees, tn a euburb of Washington The ourt Investigated the homicide pronounced It "Involuntary -n#ns,aughter," era! sen tenced Mlee Flagler to three hour* im prisonment In the Jail of the Distn l ot Columbia She served her sentence brave ly. and got home In time for luncheon But the sentence ot the court did rot seem to sallsiy ih* younx woman st.d she Im posed upon herse.f sn extra sentence ot five year* of reelrement from the public, during which time she should devote her. self to working for charity The *elf-lm posed term Is now a.most up. In the meantime a young phvn.fan, Pr M Keen, has exer ed himse.f to relieve the tedium of Mis- Flagler'- |er.ar. * to such gool effect that she lias consented to re ward him by becoming ht* wit*. The wedding l* to o nr -Portly It may be that the quest oh of *ei slice stand* In the way of a dup.biaUua of the fon etui K ng Ktchard 111 in sn All>an> N Y., household Glouvexter afrwrd- II bard 111. scrordlrg to trod tor, was burn wHh a full set ot i.-eth. Tnl* phe i) gnenon r.ax just t *-cn repeat'd In Ai i any. In the house of Jam' s < kirk. Tn, l.tt.e i ne, however, le * girl, winch pre • iudes th' possibility of any such <reer as that of the des,deed Ft g t*h k ng Not withstanding ihe election of Pres dent McKinley to sue eed hlrueelf. Ih Filipinos continue figh In* and Gen M*;- Artburs latest report shows number American ealdiers killed ar-1 wounded Il was said during (he campaign that a? oon as McKinley had heeo re elected th war ki the Philippine* would come to an end. PERSONAE. “Very Rev Veter J Fraecfaeue, for several years superior of Holy Cross Col lege. Catholic University of Americ# Wsshlrgton hns rece'ved his c tnni s-lon as procurator ven.-rnl of (he < irder of Hi Holy Ctoes, with h'-dqtiarter* at Notre Ilame, lod. Falre-r James Burns, of In* <1 ara, will succeed him at Holy cross College. There Is trouble over the Kraus statue of Theodore V.irker. Mad# In UNC for tho of lb 'Stoll, and reJeoe<l because of the stormy pro'eurs of ParkeFs frt'lids. It has stud for years In retirement, on I > to lie accepted at length by Parker * orig trial church— r he First Vurlsh (F- t ir ,ni of West Roxhury—which hs* planned i.> -el It up In front of the n. w church building The cppcs-iion to the statue !- on artistic grounds —The late Plr Arthur Bulllvan left n estate Of about i.'d.OO'. nearly *ll of wh'ch snes tool* nep! .w. H Aulllvsb r Sul livan also left a n'lmler of mementoes frm Ms silver .iiwl ehtna to personal friei-i- men ,rd worn- n. *m ng th m b. Ing Mrs Reach Grant mother of Eoly Essex; Mr*. R,-raids, Mrs DOyly no-I Mr-. Crutchlcy, and al-o left a num ber of hi* original score# to musical In stMuttons -and friends. Mrs Ronald* ga ting the score of "The Eo; Chord." He left his portrait tp Ihe nation BRIGHT BITS. —^"Still, a horse show wouldn't have cut any figure In Adam And Eve * time. ' "Why not?" "The peon'.- h#d no rlothes to exhibit." —Chicago Times Herald —"What kind of music." nskl the lead er of the ma.Tto:ln orchestra, "do you think votir wife will want?" "Well," sold Ihe man who had evll-d. "It's sewing society of some kind that's to meet at the house I guess any kind of ragtlm. music would be appropriate." —Chicago Tribune. —"I suppose you expect to com# out o' this campaign with oolors flying." rgd the friend. "Well," answered Senator Bo'gh'.im. "the only color I hove seen flying In my virltiHy 10 any great extent was In ih • nature of whal the populace call the 'Ion: green.' "—Washington Star. —"Jane came home to-day crying an 1 said she was sure George no longer love! her wl h hi* whole heart. An l they've been married only two months.” "Jane's a goc Anytiody who look nt George know# that hi* heart's s i right It's his liver that's gone tack o* Jantv''—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —“Brother." said Florence Dombey “why are vou so pensive tht mo nl- g"' "I *m thinking," responded li t'.# P u' Dombey. gaging dreamily o i urs n t e boundless ocean, whose waves washed tbe shores at their feet, "of the far-off time In the future whey Mr. Itowrll* will b writing article# about us for the moga xines and -ivlng how stagy, and unreal and improbable we are!"—Chicago Tri bune. CURRENT COMMENT. Commenting on the Crumpacker re ap portionment MU, the Baltimore Sun (Dem > say*: "In point of fact the whole pier, la a *,Atonal and partisan attack by the North upon the South II t* so bald so unfalt and so absolutely Inconsistent that Ihe sense of fair play In Ihe North Is shocks'! bv It. and that sentiment wit, perhaps dsfrat Mr. Crumpackrr and those bitter partisans who think with him Ths Republl -an party seemed Just a* safely In trenched In power afier the Flfiy-flrst Congress was e,ected as It I* now It abused It* opportunities by partisanship which the country could not tolerate, and at the next election the party w* driven from power. If ad the party bills, such a* the ship subsidy bill and Mr. Crum laicker's bill, should be enacted by this Congress. Il may be that the Iron hand of Justice may repeat th* le -son of 1592." Th* Springfield (Mass.) Republican (lml) mw "Embezxlementt are now a matter of business record !lk fires or failures. Those for October in th* United state? acc< r.llng to the record# of the FldelLy and Casually Company of New York, aggregated 11,123,19.',. of which lees than were by officials of federal, state and municipal governments. Mon than one-half the total lies to she account of bank officials and employes." Th# Phliadslphla Record (Dem.) sav*. "When Ihe Democrats of Georgia ex plain that the light vote In that state In the late presidential election was du# o 'the indifference of colored Vi ters ihe ad ministration organs refuse It accept th* plea. But they find tn Indifference on entirely satisfactory explanation of the great decline In the number of Republican voles cast ln New England." Th* Washington Vosl (Ind ) #ay: "The true potlcy of the Democratic party Is to quietly bide its time. Fieseni ta.k of ro orgajitxaiton Is premature. Events will show wlisi the issues of the next cam paign must be and point wiah sufficient dire.tnes* to the roeo o okoot Iks pari) •rill ha wlst.y led.'" l)H'|or on Iroitnlvr On# A<f chc i'Mer mmb'fi of tho Bhl mor bnr ae rdi cto tS# Sun of thot Itjr ■--.a tM# jn cdk't# f l#t# Govern K> Wii# ## i the oioror rr - me*) *j*m <4 Mr Waila#; M *\'.l.j* mi d?f*x.i3 >*4 will of # VUth)' #ad, ## th# lawyer# #*y. u <“ h* ++ 4t l Lirge a lawyer wii! k: #rle n n win th a will.** A tnfn#|*njr# lai* w. s called to re#tlff for iho*e co? ur§ the will The dev or hficifru very reetlei# ur.dor the lengthy and nhtumvr cron-fiaml ion cf Mr. Willi#, and finally he peiakintty esclntm* ed Oh. Mr W.;U#. K belike the teftmtor W# iftMW," Mr. V> ill k + ir. h# temper and #• and quietly "Do* i- r. you ;re he Aral pr*on wl o ha* •v% r 1 timut*d in or of cojrt tMit the t ‘tn r Why do you ty he *i* Infar.e**’ I *e ' Th* do tor replied "tho# -very rrar. l cr i m tnoano on #ome one iuhject ’* “l# y ur leifberit# profemronal opm? on,** \|r W a ll# hen ivw rtot) 1 h#*r* in court ureter * h. that every m#n • more or ! on eubject?* ' Yee.’* the > o r rallied ‘*l will •*> ber under oetn ih. t fr m m> reedl k rvo*\ ■ tnd exp rt-’ e I bed eve <h#t very men 1# more cr lee# Ineane on w>me subject ’* Then Mr Mid tn that fine tone f **rr,i*m f or which he w.# noted *’Doe. tor. I ever o cur red to you rh#t you *r+ liwin on the of Insanity?** !rrmc.\n**|y the l. 'tor ftr and up and e*. Oleitned: "hut Mr. Weill*. 1 um not In* *#ne.” y.r W ill'e roe and ani l: "Doctor. #c o' Mr.g your wn sworn theory ycri mu he tneone rm % *me imbject I pro r*~ure** you tnaane on the rahjeot of ln -4ctty.** Court, jury, and *pe''t# , or* !#u#hed aloud and n***h r* more wj Mid about the >eent r belnff naana. (Irero'k Wit. The •er rt ux *perj ire !• ro* a mo’ern f* Mure of a rl*i by jury In the ce*e • itrilnet Verree—one of the great triads of an?iqu!*y—ln which Ctcoro appear#J for *he prone* ir|on and Horten# for the • iefenae. Cicero made a typical excursion a. nn* h. opponent, any# the Youth * ‘"ompm on. Hortenaiua wa# known. In violation of the law. which required tlie aervVea of a at R m** to be grtu tou*s to • avc re e v.*d a# a preaqnt from hla clieoi 4 valuable >mng of the Bphntx. one of •oe flpol * of the government in Blcil> While woe exhmining a wV.nea* Horeneiui* fnnde a •#!!>*. "You *p** k In r ddles." raid he. "I eon •'O! urdereUird you." That l? odd." Cicero rejoined, "for von hv.- a Hphn x at home to eolvo them " Cicero'ft repartee* were eM*m without rgy. When Clodiuii had teen ac quitted of (he cherx** of h-k rileae by j*i rora who had b*en t.iibeii io bring in a favoraiile verdict. Cl ero. who ep|earo*J aa ’l lefn.ier of the re pub I c left the cor rlpt and he favorer* and support r* of *h’t vrrdjo* wl h- m n w*. rd to my ft* them eel v. He overwhelmed C'oduft r thr Menws to hi* face in ft Fet*ftpe#*ch Then foil wed a duel of word# in which Cicero wn# mII ionjc the vi *tor. Clodtui, .im**ng oilvr li *!n at ion*. *-•!: "Y"U have h ught a houee.** "You w*ild thtiik ilia* he *ald," rctort •*l c erro. "you have bought * jury!" "They did not irut you on their onth." #Mfd Ctodiua. "Ven." #ald Cicero, "tweriv-flve juror> did true! me Thrly-nne did not tniftt you f r j hey took care to get their money b-’forehar.d." Here tfxpre wn# a buret of npptau*e. and Clodhi* broke down and remained *'lent. There U rothlng coldly clsestc in example* of Cicero'* w*!t. they might have *me fr-m a latter-day master of thrust acid i*irrv. I'nonuli In Care a l*e##linl*f. Tiie l*c*almlat started out to breakfast one BuntWiy morr.lng. says the New York Mall ami Express. This Pcsslmlat I* on* who think# everybody I# trying to g< t the belter of h m. and that ho never hae any luck The tJr*M thing he did was to find & cer4a; he t'ompiained l>ecause it wa* a Canadian piece. Then he *e <i ••cent breakfast and got a 20-ceni cheA-k lie paid tha 30-cent bill with hi* Canadian quarter, got # me kcl lack. and took trie cable % ar for church. The ni* kl lie hnd received Ir change was n t exactly mutilated, hut it wa# rot at all now. It was ho worn and baitored (hat he had teen Inclined t grumble He doubted if he could pass It on th*- oar, but he Md The conductor it and kxv# him esnt# In rhang' That luviks the Pessimist's nerve He han.l.d baek the to (time* The eonduetor felt In 111* porket egaln for ihe mutllate.i nickel. Any man sho did not know .nough to take a gratuitous gift of i ,V - could not b,' dependtd upon to know whether he had given up a pentv plugge.! wHh run. a mutilated nickel, or a F. hill. The oraluctor, liowever, found the Pe*. -lml.! was rlsht. He look ihe two dime* lack, but he cotiM not urvder.t.iral the lluation. He seemed dazed, nrul did noi recover hi# usual poise until several block* had been passed, an.l one man had ir.ed to lieat him out of a fare, an tler had threatened ro report him. an i woman had promised to "see about It' because she had been carried by her cor nee. A till l Med Tape. The absurdities of offlotallsm hsve per haps never been better Illustrated, says the Youth * Companion, than by the In -‘dent In the career of Eord Bbafiesbnry which ihe author of "Collections and Rec >;lectlon” relate# One winter evening is IWI he was sit ing in hi* library in Grosvenor Square when the servant told him the! there wa* poor man waning to see him. The mar. wa* shown In and proved to he o atorer. from Clerkenwell. nd on# of the imimerable recipient# of the old ear,'# charily. H# said: "My lord, you have been very good to me and I have come to tell you what I have heard.” It appeared thjl at the public house which he frequente! he had overheard some Irishmen of V -i-cret* character plotting to blow up Clerkmwail prison He gave Lord .Shaftesbury the Information to 1m use-1 a* he thought best, but mad# It a coihu- Hon that his name should not be divulged If It were, his life would not be worth an hour's purchase Eord Shaftesbury pledged himself to se crecy, ordered at# earrlnge and drone In stantly to Whitehall The authorities there refused, on ground* of official pne t'ce, to entertain the Information without he name and address of the Informant These, of course could not be given Tils earning was rejected ami the Jail wa blown up. rhrlelnta* Retie. Martha Mcfulloch-Wtlllam* In Frank Eeslte's Monthly Softly silvern, nnd gol-len clear. The passing bell# of the passing year, Ring out! ring out! O rhlm*#! A knell for Hie rose, and (he summer dead. For the lav sh autumn full richly sped. And tho blossomy April times. Softly silvern, G Christmas be||#; Your din some c’amor or falls or swells in a chorus richly ringing. Hark' hark! II swells Into upper elr, To Join tbe stave, so fine, so rare The earth, the heavens, are singing. Richly silvern and high and far, A* the .1 its Irg gloam of a fulling star Hark (o (he angels crying; * ''l'eace upon earth! Good will >• mant" And N ll* from tiamlet. plaiß *. 4 gP-o, In high accord replying. PREVENTED BY CUT! CURA SOAR TREATMENT.—CIeanse the scalp and hair with warm shampoos of Ctmcnu' Soar, rinse with warm water, dry carefully, and apply a light dressing of Ctmcciu. purest of emollient skin can**, gently rubbed Into tho scalp. Thi* simple, refresh ing. and inexpensive treatment will clear the scalp and hair of crusts, scales, sad dandruff, soothe Irritated and itching surface*, stimulate the hair follicles, supply the root* with energy and nourishment, and mako the hair grow upon a sweet, wholesome, and healthy scalp, when all else fails. Htltiea* of w.sneo Is* Cmcvsx So* r siGattvsly for hsxotiryla* tks skis, tor it, stopping of filling bsir. (or soitealag sod wbiten.eg nd. rough hsoils. In Us form of buns !.r snnining irrltstlom lor too Iren or otl.usue persplruion. in tne termor esshe* for slc.rst'.s wsxsnesee*. lor many ssnuivs sU-.ptic purposes. n.l tor *1! the purposes of tbe toilet, bun. sad sarsery Cr-ricc* bosr eoml- Bes to (>*e rnisr st Osb Pile*, sis., 15 Cost*, the sms skin sod complexion eoep, end tne *ser toilet sad bsby soap tn the world. losrusTi sxtskssl sso iststot tks.issst ids mu '". rain n.Ui Cesaassg et Lm. se. t*or ia >. Cere* - - Ul'iii' ii, o<l < tin . giKitrm (S ) A lisus >•' edst, ,*lrteel 1-* cars thr w,net se * 'I -u* K.lteunny burner, -old UM seetd Purts* ns.a ssn lux* Lose . SuU llope.. Jtusiuu nesd l.r ••hue w Due fceso Usinur," he*. ITEMS OF INTEREST. —What promise# to be (he first elec tricity station In the Congo district I* soon to be started a' the Roman Oathwllc Mission of l.u (labours, which is s.rua.ed on th# river I.ubia. a tributary of the Kaosas river, which ts Itself a tributary of the Congo. Bays the Indon Electrical Engineer The head of the mi-a,on. woo ha- for several years been tn I.uliie hourg. ts now proceeding there again, taking with him a dynamo, turbine. lam Tc. cables, wire-, etc. He |.ro|i#e to obtain the neccss.iry power from a waterfall, the fall being some twenty eight feet blah. The d> nnmo will light V,i temp-, and it Is propos- and ( - Install | too incand. scent lamps eivd thro- are 'amii# The dynamo was manufactured by a firm tn Charleroi, and the turbine Is of French construction. —The "four-dav" liner, says the New York Tribune, la the term used In sp>c’.{- tng of tlie prop-, ed new thirty-knot t an - Atlantic steamship. But It Is not yet a fact, and there are many Intelligent pc - son* on the other side of Ihe Atlantic, a* **ll as on this side, who are not sanguine that ao great a stride in sp- and will be male 111 the near future. It h s been said by many that the orient six day ships move at the highest speed that can he profit b y att lined, ln a t ib!e prepared for the HLrieruttl ■ Amert an It Is shown that the espen-e pc trip of a four-day liner would be 77 per cen more than that of the Deutschland, which la the largest and fastest ship now ln the trans-Atlantic steimshlp (ride, and that her first oost would be nearly dotiVe that of the Deutschland. In an arti-le on "Decades of Spec I,” recently puhlDh ed In the tom-lon Shipping World. It wt# -hown that In propo t on t- the weijht moved a 23-knoi boat required 'C per - ent more power to gain 11 per cent on the speed of a slower vessel. —A novelty In mc#enger call-boxes Is about to be Introduced In New York city. The new boxes, which will take tlie place of the familiar m< e*eng. r calls, wltl each carry a telephone. In d-sign they are circular, alxnt* eight Inches In diameter, and carrying on one aide a small lever, which Is u*ed when It Is desired simply to call a nies-enger On Ihe other -id.* I a honk from which hang? a telephone re elver, the tranmltter being on the fr nt of the cose. There are no call b ID. and a* at present arranged, the -listra't mes ssnger office cannot call up (be house In which the box la liuxalb-d. To call the district office the subscriber has only to ■amove the telephone from the ho k when he can give his message, call the police or fire deportment, send a boy on ary de sired errand, or, tn short, hold ary de -ire-l communlont on with the and strict of fice. Bo far no arrangement for Inter connecting subacrlbcra hi* Iven made hue. of course, ths system may develop tn (he future It I# to be introduced tn New York Immediately. There are now 10 b?) call boxes and 85 district offices* In that city. —The Shah of Persia, like our early Quakers, rc.lglouely objects (o taking off his hat ln a Christian church, says the Chicago Record On hts way from Bt. Peter*burg to Paris the Shah stopped at Cologne, and expressed a wish to ice (he interior of the famous cathedral. Ill* Grand Vlater was vnt to the eccle slaatlcal authorities lo m >k* the needful arranacmerls for hi* master'* visit, how ever subHm- his position, should uncover hi* head whl'e In the eathelral. "In that caae." said the Grind Vlxer, "mv master will never come." fiuh-equemly, how ver, t wa* arranged tha al) ncd.nary vbltora should be excluded during th* Hhih's presence, and that he and hi* ten min isters should be pcrm'tted to Inspect the Church of the Three Kings of (he Fiat- Tor such I* the dedication of the cathe dral—not, Indeed, wl h the r ten hats but with ten smalt lamb's wool caps up on their heads It was < a*ulsHcal!y, but verv cnovenvntly, de ermlned that ih would be no more irreverent than the wearing of a berrtta by a prtese or of n ml'er by the archbishop with n tho sacred walls. —On th# cycle track ( the Crystal Pal ace two mofor cars ran a distance of 1 inn mile* without a stop. ,ay* the Eondon Times. The two cars engaged were both made by the Soclete Decauvtlle of I’arls. one being of flve-horee-power and tho other of eight. Rc.lh were driven by pe trol. with electric Ignition. The drivers changed from time to iime. the cars be ing slowed down, though not stopped for the purpose In the same way the Ku pile* of oil nnd wsier were replenish -I Ths only exception lo the non-stop rule tvs* In the case of the not unlikely con tingency of the failure of one of the pi u ma l<- i'res with which the ear* are fit ted. If that happened, th* vehicle might b* stopped whl e anew tire ts substitut ed. but Its engine must continue to work Indeed srrict’y spo klns. the object „f the trial Is to show ihai oil mote# rnn now he msds capable of running without a stop for such a time a* would drive a ar 1 .(*.* miles Neither the engines nor the car# employed were p* tally built lor the occaaior.. and. therefore, difficul ties In lubrication mtjr pe-haps arise which might cosily h guarded againal In a vehicle rpecially designed for the purpose. Tne iwo car# trave'wl the lag er ahoui tw.my-flve mile* an hour anl the smaller about twenty-two. As t e track measure# three lap# to the mile, each car had to complete the ci.- ult jpoo times. The trial crklol tn s success for i the five-horsepower car, which com pi."- ed the 'Uttanca without having ap-pped once. The time occupied wa# forty-sight fioura and twenty-four minutes GIFTSS2 WARMTH and CHEER. oua GAS HEATERS From $2 Upward. NO MORE AfX'LM’TA BLE OR ÜBBFBIi GIFT CAN BE MADE. The 82 Heater will keep a hath room • •omfort.ibe ln any sort of weather. lairger Heaters for larger room?.. Many handsome gifts In our show room, MUTUAL GAS LIGHT COMPANY, 7 and 9 Congress street, west. Our Retiring From Business Has caus'd the Savannah peopl* to re joice. for they realise thla lo t>e ar op portune time to avail themselves of an advantage that has never been equaled. The prices that w# are quoting sesm in credible. but the goods must go. Special This Week: Whiting's Sterling Silver. 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